Should you be in the mood for a concentrated dose of SATX music from the varied side, you can hang out at Boneshakers this weekend. Friday, it'll be The March Divide, Running State, The Rise of Broken and Anchor North. Saturday, there'll be rock, twang and more courtesy of The Whiptails, The In & Outlaws, Phantomatics, Masters of Love and Garrett T. Capps.

Capps, a self-effacing character, with an emphasis on “character,” is celebrating the release of his “Hope & Doubt & Freeway Birds” disc, the five-song follow-up to his “Doom N' Roll” EP “Radical Sabbatical.”

When Capps sings songs such as “Goin' Far,” “Big Weekend. Good Weekend.,” “Free by Rails of Freeway Birds” and “George Dubya Jr.,” he joins the pantheon of Texas troubadours who can make you laugh — and think. If Capps plays his “Doom N' Roll,” though, he just might scare you. Capps also will be at the Ten Eleven on Friday with Los Vigilantes, Las Ardillas, The Rich Hands and Eetsfeets, and at Barriba Cantina at noon Sunday.

First Friday Thump

Thump, a collective comprising Ernest Gonzales, Miguel Nelson (Ghostpizza), Sonora, Adrian Rivera, David Garcia and friends, is working to re-energize First Friday action by staging shows at Korova. This week's bill will feature tropical bass proponent Uproot Andy, AM Architect (Diego Chavez and Daniel Stanush), Sonora, Rivera and the return to the performing stage of DJ Diego Bernal, the District 1 city councilman. This one promises plenty of sonic variety. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Live/Espresso

It's Local Music Week in San Antonio. A small herd of local music makers will gather Saturday from 1-10 p.m. at The Espresso Gallery, a coffeeshop/art gallery at 529 San Pedro Ave., to record a live acoustic album. On the bill are Deer Vibes, Last Nighters, Lonely Horse, Sugar Skulls, Jasper's Cast, The Way the World Ends, Creatura, The Lost Project, Ghost Electric Orchestra and Jeremiah Bredvad. Plans call for the album to be released on vinyl and CD. Cover is $10; for $20 you also get a copy of the album.

Jazz Meets Classical XXI

For the late pianist, composer and bandleader Dave Brubeck, bringing together jazz and classical music was a natural thing. It's fitting, then, that the 21st season of Jazz Meets Classical, an 11-piece group that brings together some of the area's best classical and jazz players, will salute Brubeck during two concerts.